Book
- Verb. (context, UK) (form of, Alternative simple past) .
- Noun. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc. If initially blank, commonly referred to as a notebook.
- Noun. A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets.
- Noun. A major division of a long work.
- Noun. A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
- Noun. A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
- Noun. The script of a musical.
- Noun. (usually, in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
- Noun. A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book.
- Noun. (context, legal) A colloquial reference to a book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
- Noun. (context, poker slang) four of a kind.
- Noun. (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
- Noun. (sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
- Verb. (transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.
- Verb. (law enforcement, transitive) To penalise (someone) for an offence.
- Verb. (sports) To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
- Verb. (intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.
- Verb. (transitive) To write down.
- Verb. (transitive, legal) To receive the highest grade in a class.
- Verb. (intransitive, slang) To leave.
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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.